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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
trans fatty acid
prealbumin levels
pregnant women or elderly
2. What is the function of vitamin C?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
fats
protein
one tspn salt or less
3. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
one week period
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
4. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
6 oz. a day
vitamin C - citrus fruits
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
liver and intestinal synthesis
5. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
can consume more calories without weight gain
hemorrhage
hemoglobin
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
6. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
6 oz. a day
protein
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
5.5 ounces/day
7. Sources of fats
low albumin levels < 3.4
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein and fat
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
8. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
day week or month
hemorrhage
fat soluble vitamins
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein and fat
starches - sugars - and cellulose
10. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
carrots and sweet potatoes
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
300 cal/day increase
11. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
liver and intestinal synthesis
review of systems
12. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
4 calories/gram
B and C
essential amino acids
13. What foods have high quality protein?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
14. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
can consume more calories without weight gain
decrease in total lymphocyte count
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
liver and intestinal synthesis
15. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
albumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
16. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
2.5 cups
vitamin K
6 oz. a day
17. What function is vitamin A?
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
18. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3 cups
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
19. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
300 cal/day increase
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
essential amino acids
liver and intestinal synthesis
20. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin C - citrus fruits
trans fatty acid
TPN total parenteral nutrition
21. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
hemoglobin
2.5 cups
TPN total parenteral nutrition
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
22. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
low albumin levels < 3.4
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
23. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
transferrin
cream cheese - cream or butter
dairy and fortified foods
24. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
protein and fat
one tspn salt or less
18-25
25. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
transferrin
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
26. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
TPN total parenteral nutrition
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
27. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
diet recall
4 calories/gram
4 calories/gram
28. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
500 cal/day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
29. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
300 cal/day increase
albumin levels
hemorrhage
hemoglobin
30. What is normal BMI?
4 calories/gram
transferrin
fats
18-25
31. What is RDA of protein?
B and C
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein and fat
32. The higher the BMR a client has --
dark green - orange - drybeans
can consume more calories without weight gain
2 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
33. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
transferrin
protein
rickets - osteomalacia
6 oz. a day
34. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
apple is higher risk than a pear
35. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4 calories/gram
diet recall
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
36. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
one tspn salt or less
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
4 calories/gram
37. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
4 calories/gram
cream cheese - cream or butter
trans fatty acid
3 cups
38. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
39. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
6 oz. a day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
5.5 ounces/day
40. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
albumin levels
diet recall
apple is higher risk than a pear
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
41. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
4 calories/gram
rickets - osteomalacia
300 cal/day increase
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
42. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
hemoglobin
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
18-25
43. When does BMR increase?
apple is higher risk than a pear
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
44. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
45. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
atrophy or wasting of muscle
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fat soluble vitamins
46. Fats can lead to some medical problems
trans fatty acid
protein
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
47. What does DASH stand for?
dark green - orange - drybeans
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
48. What function is vitamin D?
transferrin
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
6 oz. a day
49. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
low albumin levels < 3.4
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
one tspn salt or less
50. What is normal albumin levels?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
protein and fat
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
rickets - osteomalacia